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Vocabulary:

去 ㄑㄩˋ

到 ㄉㄠˋ

棕櫚泉 ㄗㄨㄥ ㄌㄩˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

旅行 ㄌㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

我還沒去過那裡 ㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄞˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ

不過 ㄅㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

搭飛機 ㄉㄚ ㄈㄟ ㄐㄧ

去過 ㄑㄩˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

地方 ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤ

帶 ㄉㄞˋ

行李 ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇ

重要的 ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄜ˙

需要的 ㄒㄩ ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄜ˙

東西 ㄉㄨㄥ ㄒㄧ

各個 ㄍㄜˋ ㄍㄜ˙

地方 ㄉㄧ ˋ ㄈㄤ

天氣 ㄊㄧㄢ ㄑㄧˋ

變幻莫測 ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄛˋ ㄘㄜ˙

比基尼 ㄅㄧˇ ㄐㄧ ㄋㄧˊ

毛衣 ㄇㄠˊ ㄧ

提 ㄊㄧˊ

打包 ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄠ

是否 ㄕˋ ㄈㄡˇ

信用卡 ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄚ

離開 ㄌㄧˇ ㄎㄞ

Notes on things I reviewed or particularly learned while writing this:

❶ This is an unusual use of the character 李 (li3) in the word 行李 (xing2 li3). It is usually just a surname (implying “to manage,”） or a plum.

❷ This is an example of what the dictionary is calling a “loanword,” meaning it is based on how the word sounds in the original language, so the characters don’t necessarily represent any related meaning.

❸ 著 is frequently the Chinese equivalent of adding “-ing” to verbs. In this case, there is not a direct translation for “without.” Instead, the idea is approached from the more positive description of “being with” or “along with,” since we don’t say “withing” in English.